CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSSPrivate Yockey’s cruiser, USS Vincennes (CA-44), was on patrol off Savo Island in the early morning hours of 9 August, 1942. A Japanese fleet surprised the Americans, and between 0155 and 0215, the Vincennes was struck and set afire by dozens of large caliber shells. She sank at 0250.
Yockey was not seen again after the Vincennes went down. Initially listed as missing in action, he was declared dead as of 10 August 1943.

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The Indianapolis Star, 19 August 1943.

Another shock for the Yockey family, reported in the Indianapolis Star of 8 April 1944. Lieutenant Yockey’s B-17 was hit by flak and crashed near Magdeburg, Germany. Fortunately, the entire crew survived. Yockey was imprisoned at Stalag Luft 1 and returned home at the end of the war.